古時計

古時計

Japanese

Kanji in this term
古	時	計
ふる Grade: 2	と > ど Grade: 2	けい Grade: 2
kun’yomi	Irregular

Etymology

From 古 (ふる)い (furui, “old”) + 時計 (とけい) (tokei, “clock”). The tokei changes to dokei as an instance of rendaku (連濁). .

Noun

古時計 (hiragana ふるどけい, rōmaji furudokei)

1. antique clock, grandfather clock